IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases, Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server, Version 7.1
Data Protection for Microsoft SQL
Server
Use Tivoli® Storage
Manager for
Databases: Data Protection for Microsoft SQL
Server to protect business-critical databases with automated tasks,
utilities, and interfaces.
Getting started
With Tivoli Storage
Manager for Databases: Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server software, you can continue to run primary applications
on your database servers while data is backed up and restored.
Planning
Guidelines about backup strategies, options, preferences,
policy settings, and other planning information are provided to assist
when planning for Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server backup and restore
operations.
Installing
Review the appropriate prerequisite information, including
hardware and software requirements, before installing Data Protection for SQL Server.
Configuring
Configure Data Protection for SQL Server before
you start protecting your applications.
Protecting data
After you complete the configuration process, start the Management
Console to protect your SQL Server data.
Automating
The term automation, as it applies to Data
Protection for Microsoft SQL, means that you can run commands from
the command line, create scripts, schedule tasks, and use the graphical
user interface to start tasks based on scripts and schedules that
you create.
Troubleshooting Data Protection for SQL with VSS backup-restore support
Data Protection for SQL provides support for protecting Microsoft SQL databases through
two different methods. The most common method is through the Microsoft Server Managed Objects
(SMO) application programming interface (API). Data Protection for
SQL also can use the Microsoft Virtual
Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
Performance Data Protection for SQL Server provides
certain parameters that can be tuned for optimum performance.
Reference information
Reference information for Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server is provided.